Also I think notably, none of the 'bad diags' in the piece were actually confirmed as to whether they did, in fact, have ADHD.
A daughter diagnosed fast .... well, hypothetically, what if it had been absurdly obvious?
And likewise the reporter. I know he's 'sure' he doesn't have ADHD, but 80% of adults with ADHD don't actually know.
If I asked 4 doctors to diagnose me with something, and 3 said 'yes, you meet the criteria' and the only one that didn't was the one I primed to give me a negative diag... I'm really not sure I'd be trusting that one dissenting view!
If this reporter did, in fact, fill out an ASRS, meeting the DSM-5 ADHD diagnostic criteria, then he has ADHD, and the 'session' is actually more like a formality to assess whether he's right or not, or if there's other explanations.
And if he lied about it.... well, yeah. OK. Defrauding a doctor isn't exactly a 'big win' either, now is it?
Great post. ASRS is not a simple "checklist" to be mentioned incidentally by the journalist. The BBC reported 1.5 million have ADHD: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-44956540 Sounds reasonable. Panorama? The episodes opens with "thousands"
Just a note about the informant...maybe it wasn't a woman at all...with Carson's honesty, it could have been a man (the voice was said to be done by an actor).
Also I think notably, none of the 'bad diags' in the piece were actually confirmed as to whether they did, in fact, have ADHD.
A daughter diagnosed fast .... well, hypothetically, what if it had been absurdly obvious?
And likewise the reporter. I know he's 'sure' he doesn't have ADHD, but 80% of adults with ADHD don't actually know.
If I asked 4 doctors to diagnose me with something, and 3 said 'yes, you meet the criteria' and the only one that didn't was the one I primed to give me a negative diag... I'm really not sure I'd be trusting that one dissenting view!
If this reporter did, in fact, fill out an ASRS, meeting the DSM-5 ADHD diagnostic criteria, then he has ADHD, and the 'session' is actually more like a formality to assess whether he's right or not, or if there's other explanations.
And if he lied about it.... well, yeah. OK. Defrauding a doctor isn't exactly a 'big win' either, now is it?
Great post. ASRS is not a simple "checklist" to be mentioned incidentally by the journalist. The BBC reported 1.5 million have ADHD: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-44956540 Sounds reasonable. Panorama? The episodes opens with "thousands"
Just a note about the informant...maybe it wasn't a woman at all...with Carson's honesty, it could have been a man (the voice was said to be done by an actor).
one very slight correction Concerta Xl contains methylphenidate it would still be classed as a stimulant.
Atomoxetine is the main non-stimulant medication for ADHD